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Parole for a Midway man sent to prison after pleading to criminal charges in three counties - including having inappropriate sexual contact with his 12-year-old

On November 18, 2008, a man walked into the Gassville branch of First National Bank, said he was there to rob it, displayed what appeared to be the butt of a

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Photo: Johnston, Freddie; Courtesy of the Arkansas Department of Corrections A man convicted of the 2017 Sharp County murder of Jeremy Watkins has been accused

The family of Sgt. Joshua Caudell released a statement Thursday thanking people for their support in the loss of their loved one.

The 2021 Johnny Cash Heritage Festival offers a little something for everyone in its slate of virtual events, which organizers say is particularly apt considering the many layers and facets of The Man in Black.

He Robbed a Taco Joint With a Toy Water Gun for $264. He Got Life in Prison. Read full article May 30, 2021, 10:19 PM·40 min read Photo Illustration by Sarah Rogers/The Daily Beast / Photos Courtesy Arkansas Dept of Corrections/Kelly Duda On a Sunday night in February 1981, Rolf Kaestel robbed an Arkansas taco restaurant using a toy water gun. No one was injured in the stickup. He stole $264—and was sentenced to life in prison. Forty years later, Kaestel is still behind bars for aggravated r...

Photo: Mac Ryan Chitwood A man from Lonoke, who was released from the Arkansas Department of Corrections’ Varner Supermax facility in Gould Monday, was arrested upon his release by Baxter County Sheriff’s Deputies on charges from nearly five years ago. Thirty-one-year-old Mac Ryan Chitwood, who has a lengthy criminal record in the state, is also wanted on charges in Sharp and White counties. He just finished serving over four and a half years of a ten year sentence from Izard and Sharp coun...

Katie Park, Andrew Demillo and Beth Schwartzapfel, Associated Press and The Marshall Project Little Rock, Ark. — One in every five state and federal prisoners in the United States has tested positive for the coronavirus, a rate more than four times as high as the general population. In some states, more than half of prisoners have been infected, according to data collected by The Associated Press and The Marshall Project. As the pandemic enters its 10th month — and as the first Americans be...

1 in 5 American prisoners has had COVID-19; 1,700 have died By Beth Schwartzapeel, Katie Park and Andrew Demillo Published  article A fence surrounds the Cook County jail complex on April 09, 2020 in Chicago, Illinois. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images) LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - One in every five state and federal prisoners in the United States has tested positive for the coronavirus, a rate more than four times as high as the general population. In some states, more than half of prisoners h...